Trump 2nd term updates: Trump attends the Super Bowl

A federal judge blocked the Trump administration from orchestrating its plan to place 2,200 employees of the United States Agency for International Development on leave at midnight.

In an order late Friday, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols -- a Trump appointee -- issued a temporary restraining that prevents Trump and the Department of Government Efficiency from placing the employees on administrative leave as had been planned.

The judge also ordered the reinstatement of some 500 USAID workers who had already been put on administrative leave and ordered that no USAID employees should be evacuated from their host countries before Feb. 14 at 11:59 p.m.

The judge's order came several hours after a hearing Friday afternoon during which Nichols said he would issue the temporary restraining order.

-ABC News' Katherine Faulders

A federal judge has denied an effort to block the Department of Government Efficiency from accessing data from the Department of Labor.

In his ruling, federal Judge John D. Bates found that the five federal employee unions that alleged Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team sought to illegally access highly sensitive data, including medical records, failed to establish standing.

“Although the Court harbors concerns about defendants’ alleged conduct, it must deny plaintiffs’ motion at this time,” Bates said in his ruling.

During the hearing, the plaintiffs' attorneys argued that if DOGE accessed DOL data, it would cause irreparable harm to their clients.

However, in his ruling, Bates found that the plaintiffs did not show that “at least one particular member is substantially likely to suffer an injury at the hands of the defendant.”

-ABC News’ Laura Romero

Trump signed an executive order that freezes all aid to South Africa during a closed press event Friday.

The order also states that "the United States shall promote the resettlement of Afrikaner refugees escaping government-sponsored race-based discrimination, including racially discriminatory property confiscation."

Trump's new executive order references the Expropriation Act that was signed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

Trump has previously threatened to halt funds to South Africa, claiming white South Africans are being mistreated by the nation's post-apartheid government.

DOGE leader Elon Musk has also repeatedly accused his country of birth's government of being anti-white.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused South Africa of "anti-Americanism" and said he wouldn't attend the G20 in South Africa because of it.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh

Staffers for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have gained access to internal systems at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a federal agency that Musk has previously called to be deleted, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

On Friday afternoon, Musk posted on X an ominous message regarding the agency: “CFPB RIP."

The post left some CFPB staff unsettled and uncertain, with one employee telling ABC News that no official communication had been made internally regarding the agency’s future, noting that a routine weekly report outlining CFPB’s work had just been circulated.

Earlier that day, the CFPB chief operating officer informed staff via email that DOGE employees had entered the agency’s offices in D.C. and would require "read-only access" to key internal systems, including HR, procurement and financial databases, according to an email reviewed by ABC News.

A small group of DOGE staffers were spotted inside CFPB offices on Friday, sources said, setting up operations in the building’s basement. A DOGE rep did not respond to a request for comment.

-ABC News' Will Steakin